ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Marinids. temp. Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ibn 'Abd al-Haqq I, AH 642-656 / AD 1244-1258. 1/8 Dinar (Gold, 12 mm, 0.59 g). Within a square, ‘ʿalā Allāh / tawa/kkaltu’ (‘In Allah I have put my trust’ in Arabic); marginal legend off flan. Rev. Within a square, ‘wa bashshir al-muʾminīn’ (‘and give glad tidings to the believers’ in Arabic); marginal legend off flan. Album 523. Rare. Slightly wavy and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From a West German collection, formed since the 1960s.